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PostPosted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 8:44 pm 
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Assuming you have taken Professional Responsibility (or Legal Ethics, or however it's called at your school), how long does it take, more or less, to study for the MPRE?

I just signed up for the November test, and am wondering whether this is a matter of a day or two of studying, or whether I'm looking forward to two weeks of work.

Also, has anyone done the free course on Kaplan's website? Any good?


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 Post subject: Re: MPRE
PostPosted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 11:10 pm 
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I'm taking the MPRE in Nov. too. I've heard various reports on how long it took to prep: anywhere from "one day of focused study was too much" to "I worked on Barbri's materials for a week and still didn't feel good about it."

Now that I type that out though, it seems like both of these individuals could have spent about the same amount of time (8-10 hrs, maybe?). I don't know.

I also signed up for the free Kaplan course. I haven't done enough yet to know if it's any good. All I know is that it's free.


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 Post subject: Re: MPRE
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I'm putting it off until the spring myself. I've already taken Ethics, so I expect any prep that I do to be more of a refresher than anything else.


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 Post subject: Re: MPRE
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So, to those who did it today, how did it go?

I think in the end I felt somewhere in between those two individuals in PB's post. I spend a day and half or so, but I can't say I felt that I mastered the material, not at all.


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 Post subject: Re: MPRE
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 Post subject: Re: MPRE
PostPosted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:33 pm 
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Well, sounds like you passed, since you don't really need much more than 50% correct! (Passing is something like 25-30 out of 50.)


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 Post subject: Re: MPRE
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Well, sounds like you passed, since you don't really need much more than 50% correct! (Passing is something like 25-30 out of 50.)


Though passing scores vary from state to state, in most cases a passing score is well under the average score. Sometimes I feel tests like this exist just to force you to actually look at the rules at least once, so you can't use the "I didn't know it was wrong to sleep with my client" excuse at a later date.


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 Post subject: Re: MPRE
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Corsair wrote:
NewHere wrote:
Well, sounds like you passed, since you don't really need much more than 50% correct! (Passing is something like 25-30 out of 50.)


Though passing scores vary from state to state, in most cases a passing score is well under the average score. Sometimes I feel tests like this exist just to force you to actually look at the rules at least once, so you can't use the "I didn't know it was wrong to sleep with my client" excuse at a later date.



I haven't taken ethics yet, but I'm surprised that's wrong. I guess that MPRE studying will be worth something for me!


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 Post subject: Re: MPRE
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Corsair wrote:
NewHere wrote:
Well, sounds like you passed, since you don't really need much more than 50% correct! (Passing is something like 25-30 out of 50.)


Though passing scores vary from state to state, in most cases a passing score is well under the average score. Sometimes I feel tests like this exist just to force you to actually look at the rules at least once, so you can't use the "I didn't know it was wrong to sleep with my client" excuse at a later date.


That's what I think too.

There were tons and tons of questions that I was 50/50 on. Only a couple I had no idea. But not as many as I'd like that I felt certain about. Whatever... it should be fine. But I really do hate waiting for results.


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 Post subject: Re: MPRE
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 Post subject: Re: MPRE
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I haven't taken ethics yet, but I'm surprised that's wrong.


Possum: it's wrong only if there wasn't a consensual sexual relationship that preceded the legal representation. (And these are the Model Rules. Rules may be different in different states.)

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Sometimes I feel tests like this exist just to force you to actually look at the rules at least once


Yes, I had the exact same thought en route to the exam today.


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 Post subject: Re: MPRE
PostPosted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:14 pm 
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I haven't taken ethics yet, but I'm surprised that's wrong.


Possum: it's wrong only if there wasn't a consensual sexual relationship that preceded the legal representation. (And these are the Model Rules. Rules may be different in different states.)


Which means sleep with everyone who walks into your office PRIOR to talking law with them.


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 Post subject: Re: MPRE
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The general consensus up here is that it was harder than most expected. The students I talked to said that the questions on the actual test were different than those provided by the test prep companies, including both BarBri and Kaplan, though it's hard to explain exactly how they were different.

As to how I did...who knows.


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 Post subject: Re: MPRE
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 Post subject: Re: MPRE
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NewHere wrote:
Assuming you have taken Professional Responsibility (or Legal Ethics, or however it's called at your school), how long does it take, more or less, to study for the MPRE?

I just signed up for the November test, and am wondering whether this is a matter of a day or two of studying, or whether I'm looking forward to two weeks of work.

Also, has anyone done the free course on Kaplan's website? Any good?



This is going to sound really douchie, but honestly, I had a ton of school work / law firm work the week I took the MPRE and wound up studying from 12am to 3am the night before sleeping 4 hours, going in, taking the test and got something like a 118 or a 120. The barbri book, as I recall, was pretty good.


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 Post subject: Re: MPRE
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TTT-LS wrote:
124. So evidently I put WAY too much time into that...


Holy FUCK.

86

Squeeeeaked by. Lowest possible score that is high enough in every state.


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 Post subject: Re: MPRE
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Alexandria wrote:
TTT-LS wrote:
124. So evidently I put WAY too much time into that...


Holy FUCK.

86

Squeeeeaked by. Lowest possible score that is high enough in every state.



You are so unethical.


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 Post subject: Re: MPRE
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 Post subject: Re: MPRE
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TTT-LS wrote:
86 > anything higher. It means you put in exactly the right amount of preparation. I, on the other hand, apparently wasted an entire day preparing for the test (aside from the Bar Bri class, which was fine).

That said, it would be cool to be able to transfer the excess MPRE points over to the MBE. C'mon NCBEx, you know you wanna...



I would actually have liked to reverse transfer MBE or MPRE points over to my LSAT.. I had wayyyy too many on both for purposes of passing the NY bar.. My MBE was about a 160.. Talk about having your best day when it counts lol.

TTTLS.. You're taking the July-2010 NY exam?


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 Post subject: Re: MPRE
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TTT-LS wrote:
Taking a July '10 bar, but not NY.


Which jurisdiction?


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 Post subject: Re: MPRE
PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 9:35 pm 
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Alexandria wrote:
TTT-LS wrote:
124. So evidently I put WAY too much time into that...


Holy FUCK.

86

Squeeeeaked by. Lowest possible score that is high enough in every state.


LOLOLOOLOL!!!!!


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 Post subject: Re: MPRE
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TTT-LS wrote:
124. So evidently I put WAY too much time into that...


Great work!

I passed too.


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 Post subject: Re: MPRE
PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:51 pm 
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I can now report that the Kaplan course is decent enough to pass.


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